Department of Economics, Seinan Gakuin University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Faculty of Social Relations, Kyoto Bunkyo University, Kyoto, Japan.
Sci Rep. 2024 Feb 27;14(1):4750. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-55543-2.
Teachers in Japanese schools employ alphabetical surname lists that call students sooner, with surnames appearing early on these lists. We conducted Internet surveys nearly every month from March 2020 to September 2022 with the same participants, wherein we asked participants where the alphabetical columns of their childhood and adult surnames were located. We aimed to identify how surname order is important for the formation of noncognitive skills. During the data collection period, the COVID-19 vaccines became available; Japanese people could receive their third dose starting in December 2021. The 19th wave of the survey was conducted in January 2022. Therefore, to examine how a surname's alphabetical order could influence intention to revaccinate, we used a subsample of data from December 2021 to September 2022. The major findings were as follows. Women with early surnames had an approximately 4% stronger likelihood of having such intentions than men with early surnames. Early name order was more strongly correlated with revaccination intention among women than among men. The surname effect for women was larger when a mixed-gender list was used compared with when it was not used. This effect was only observed for childhood surnames and not for adult surnames.
日本学校的教师采用按姓氏字母顺序点名的方式，姓氏靠前的学生会先被点到。我们从 2020 年 3 月到 2022 年 9 月，几乎每个月都用相同的参与者进行在线调查，询问他们童年和成年姓氏的字母列在何处。我们旨在确定姓氏顺序对非认知技能的形成有多重要。在数据收集期间，新冠疫苗问世；2021 年 12 月起，日本人可以接种第三针。第 19 轮调查于 2022 年 1 月进行。因此，为了检验姓氏的字母顺序如何影响再次接种疫苗的意愿，我们使用了 2021 年 12 月至 2022 年 9 月的数据子样本。主要发现如下。姓氏靠前的女性比姓氏靠前的男性更有可能有这种意愿，其可能性大约高出 4%。姓氏顺序与女性的再次接种意愿的相关性强于男性。与不使用混合性别名单相比，使用混合性别名单时，女性姓氏的影响更大。这种效应仅在童年姓氏中观察到，而在成年姓氏中则没有。
